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Danny Thomas. Actor: The Danny Thomas Show. Known primarily as a TV actor, he starred as a nightclub singer on the popular The Danny Thomas Show (1953). He also served TV behind the cameras partnering with Sheldon Leonard and Aaron Spelling to create such shows as Dick Van Dyke's show, The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961), The Andy Griffith Show (1960) and Mod Squad (1968).
When we recount how St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was born, we often tell the story of how our founder, Danny Thomas, walked into a Detroit church and asked St. Jude Thaddeus to show him his way in life. But really, the story of St. Jude begins much earlier, in the Lebanese mountain village of Becheri. That’s where Margaret Simon ...
That prayer marked a pivotal moment. Soon after, he began finding work, eventually becoming one of the biggest stars of radio, film and television in his day. He was on Make Room for Daddy, later known as The Danny Thomas Show. Danny used his fame to fulfill his vow and to change the lives of thousands of children and families.
Feb 6, 1991 · Actor Danny Thomas, called “America’s favorite television comedian” in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the benefactor of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, died today. He was 77.
The Danny Thomas Show: With Danny Thomas, Rusty Hamer, Marjorie Lord, Angela Cartwright. Danny is a New York entertainer. Between his co-stars at the nightclub where he performs and his wife and kids, he has dilemmas galore, which he somehow manages to resolve and still laugh.
Feb 7, 1991 · Danny Thomas, one of America's most beloved entertainers, whose life and career were indelibly intertwined with that of his patron saint, died of a heart attack Wednesday.
According to his 1991 autobiography, Make Room for Danny, the man known to millions the world over as Danny Thomas was born Muzyad Yakhoob on January 6, 1914, in Deerfield, Michigan. Baptized at Deerfield's St. Alphonsus Church, his mother had always assumed that her son's name had been changed to Alphonsus, and used it on several legal papers.
